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First Test
- Book 1 of the Protector of the Small Quartet
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Series: Protector of the Small, Book 1, Tortall, Book 13
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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Female lead forging her way in a man's discipline
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"This is smooth storytelling and a satisfying read." ( School Library Journal)
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- Holly
- 2018-09-19
Girl-centric coming of age story.
Perhaps my favourite of Tamora Pierce's series'. Strong female characters, decent narration. Good beginning to a great series.
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- Eveline Howells
- 2017-12-02
The protector of the small quartet Book #1
Did not Love it, but it is a first book in a series. Which tend not to be my favourite.
I have heard Bearnadette Dunne read other books she is a good reader.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2016-08-24
Narration does not fit the story
If you've never read the books, the narration might not be too bad. If you have read the books, her depiction of Kel is jarring. She almost makes Kel sound whiny, which is far from how Tamora Pierce portrays the character. I love this story, hate the narration.
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- Cait Murphy
- 2016-10-19
interesting story
The story itself was very well written.
but having read the book before it took me a while to get used to the narrators voice for the characters, especially Kel's.
3 people found this helpful
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- Tabitha Foster
- 2017-02-18
good
The narrator kept changing the pronunciation of the names. By the end she got it right.
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- Vincent
- 2016-11-20
Bernadette
If you could sum up First Test in three words, what would they be?
Where does First Test rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This story is a wonderful contribution to the Tortall universe, and an amazing call back to my still beloved Alanna series. However I have to say Bernadette doesn't do it justice. Numair and many other "adult" characters either have a raspy voice, or a full blown "old man" croak. all the boys speak in the came voice, and Kel herself sounds exactly like one of the extra boy voices. TL;DR: Bernadette has ONE voice, and it's her own. Long live Trini Avarado.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Bernadette Dunne?
Unfortunately she does this entire quartlet. so I kind of have to.
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- Karen
- 2012-07-23
Loved it
I loved all the charactors in the book. Found myself listening to it twice because I tend to miss areas while working. I purchased the second in the series as soon as I was done, and I'm now on the forth in the series.
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- Stine
- 2020-10-28
love it
like all previous books in this series both the Alana series and the immortals series this is very well written andall though it's fiction it has a lot of historically accurate details of weapons, the use of these and knighthood, and I absolutely love these details
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- Cara
- 2020-10-09
Phenomenal
I loved every second of it. I was on a road trip and listened to it in one go.
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- Sarah Tehuiotoa
- 2020-08-11
Great story!
Love, love, love this story. I've read it twice and listened to it twice. The narrator is great. Good for young girls who want to hero a decent female character who stands for chivalry and honor.
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- I. Jamaluddin
- 2020-03-29
Great sorry, 1 quibble about the performance
I love Tamora Pierce's books. it's soothing to losing while exercising or commuting.
One quibble about the performance - what accent did Bernadette Dunne choose for Numair?!? Had she not listened to the Full Cast Audio production for Daine's books?
When Numair made his little cameo in chapter nine, I choked in surprise. He sounds very different and not authoritative. It went a little too far in the "absent-mindedness stereotype."
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- Amanda Gresham
- 2020-03-02
bad narration.
narrator was lacking finesse. I have always enjoyed the Tortall Universe and all its books by Tamora Pierce, if only they could have had a full cast like the Immortals Quartet....